‘I Have Never’ Talked About Women How Trump Did: Tapper Goes Off on Guliani
This morning, Rudy Giuliani appeared on CNN’s State of the Union to continue defending Donald Trump as the scandal around his leaked conversation from 2005 grows. As he did last night, Giuliani tried to brush off the seriousness of what his candidate said. (If you need a refresher, Trump told Billy Bush that famous men can do “anything” to women, even “grab them by the p*ssy.”)
Tapper really wasn’t having it. He told the heavy-hitting adviser that Trump’s apology from Friday night did not feel like an apology. When Giuliani said that Trump was just an “entertainment star” when the comments were made, Tapper made it known in no uncertain terms that what Trump had said was not just casual guy talk, as some have tried to claim. He used the same words Vice President Joe Biden used yesterday and said that what Trump described was sexual assault.
“He’s talking about actions that are sexual assault,” pushed Tapper. “He was 59 or 60 years old when he said it; this isn’t something he said when he was 18 years old. He’s talking about a feeling of entitlement: Because he’s a star, he can go up to women and grab them by the vagina and it’s okay, he won’t get in trouble for it. It’s really offensive on just a basic human level. Who did he do that to?”
Giuliani said that he who hasn’t sinned should cast the first stone, which is when Tapper said this:
I will gladly tell you, Mr. Mayor: I have never said that. I have never done that. I’m happy to throw a stone. I don’t know any man — I have been in locker rooms, I’ve been a member of a fraternity; I have never heard any man ever brag about being able to maul women because they get away with it. Never.
When Giuliani said, “Men talk like that,” Tapper shot back instantly, “You’ve talked like that?”
The entire thing is worth a watch. Find it above.
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